i'm 199.5 today.

Tom too. I have found that when its TOM i swell up and cant do food very well at all for a day or two. Its okay, because two days before i was eating everything in the house. I shop well so its not a huge problem.

Whew...what ive found..i can eat BREAD sometimes without much problem, even a quarter to a half of a sandwich sometimes. it comes and goes and i can tell when its going to be okay. Best advice my surgeon gave me was that if i had a pb or threw up, liquids for the rest of the day. No excuses just baby the band if you throw up and let your stomach get right. Since following that advice i have not had any trouble.

I also am taking biotin periodically along with my vitamin supplements. Ive cut WAY back on the milk. i love cheese, i love yogurt, but i found eliminating as much milk as i had been taking in has helped many things as well as plateaus. I eat enough yogurt to replace the calcium benefit and i take extra calcium and Vit d too.

I love my life these days. the problems i have are not problems id have at 330. the whole kit and caboodle isnt what my life was like at 330.

I turned forty this week and ive been a little reflective on several issues. I wish my dad could have had this procedure done. i think it would have changed his life.

So im at Onederland. 199.5, i currently wear a size 14 perfectly, and havent lost TOO much in the boobs. :rolleyes2: well..i expected it to be much worse. I belong to a gym, and i do okay there. some weeks im right on, some weeks not so much.

life is pretty good.